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If the hydrangea blooms in late summer it is a panicled hydrangea. If it is grown for florists, it is a bigleaf hydrangea. This hydrangea is grown for florists and is therefore not panicled.
The argument above relies on which of the following to reach its conclusion?
A) The panicled hydrangea has no features in common with the bigleaf hydrangea.
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf.
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer.
The argument above relies on which of the following to reach its conclusion?
A) The panicled hydrangea has no features in common with the bigleaf hydrangea.
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf.
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer.
03 Jun 2019, 14:30
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Inferences:
-- It can be inferred from the argument that classification based on 'grown for florists' supersedes that based on 'the blooming season'.
-- These seem to be two different classification systems since the basis for classification is not 'grown for florists versus not grown for florists', or 'this blooming season vs that blooming season'. Thus, there can be overlap.
-- If the hydrangea is grown for florists, it is big leaf hydrangea, irrespective of the blooming season.
The argument above relies on which of the following to reach its conclusion?
A) The panicled hydrangea has no features in common with the bigleaf hydrangea.
We don't know that. It might have some features in common.
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf.
It can be inferred from the argument that 'grown for florists' supersedes the blooming season. So, if we have identified a hydrangea as 'bigleaf', it can't be 'panicled'. And if it is 'panicled hydrangea' then we did not feel the need to call it 'bigleaf hydrangea' in the first place (the reason for which could have been that it was not grown for florists). CORRECT.
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
We only know about panicled hydrangea blooming in late summer. Nothing to comment on big leaf's blooming.
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
The argument says in first sentence 'If the hydrangea blooms in late summer it is a panicled hydrangea'. It doesn't say 'Only If the hydrangea blooms in late summer it is a panicled hydrangea'. May be we have panicled hydrangea that bloom in some other season(s) too.
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer.
'used by' is not the same as 'grown for'
-- It can be inferred from the argument that classification based on 'grown for florists' supersedes that based on 'the blooming season'.
-- These seem to be two different classification systems since the basis for classification is not 'grown for florists versus not grown for florists', or 'this blooming season vs that blooming season'. Thus, there can be overlap.
-- If the hydrangea is grown for florists, it is big leaf hydrangea, irrespective of the blooming season.
The argument above relies on which of the following to reach its conclusion?
A) The panicled hydrangea has no features in common with the bigleaf hydrangea.
We don't know that. It might have some features in common.
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf.
It can be inferred from the argument that 'grown for florists' supersedes the blooming season. So, if we have identified a hydrangea as 'bigleaf', it can't be 'panicled'. And if it is 'panicled hydrangea' then we did not feel the need to call it 'bigleaf hydrangea' in the first place (the reason for which could have been that it was not grown for florists). CORRECT.
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
We only know about panicled hydrangea blooming in late summer. Nothing to comment on big leaf's blooming.
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer.
The argument says in first sentence 'If the hydrangea blooms in late summer it is a panicled hydrangea'. It doesn't say 'Only If the hydrangea blooms in late summer it is a panicled hydrangea'. May be we have panicled hydrangea that bloom in some other season(s) too.
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer.
'used by' is not the same as 'grown for'
03 Jun 2019, 15:10
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It can be simplified this way:
Premise:
Summer --> Panicled
Florists --> Bigleaf
Conclusion:
Florists --> Not Panicled
Pre-thinking:
The direct assumption that leads to that conclusion is that Bigleaf <---> Not Panicled
Options:
A) it is talking about features, which are not mentioned --> out of scope
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf : Panicled ----> Not Bigleaf
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer: Summer --> Not Bigleaf
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer: Summer --> Panicled and Summer --> Not Bigleaf
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer: Bigleaf (used by florists) --> Not Summer
B is the only option that defines the link between the Bigleaf & Panicled hydrangea
Premise:
Summer --> Panicled
Florists --> Bigleaf
Conclusion:
Florists --> Not Panicled
Pre-thinking:
The direct assumption that leads to that conclusion is that Bigleaf <---> Not Panicled
Options:
A) it is talking about features, which are not mentioned --> out of scope
B) If a hydrangea is panicled, it is not bigleaf : Panicled ----> Not Bigleaf
C) No bigleaf hydrangea blooms in the late summer: Summer --> Not Bigleaf
D) All panicled hydrangea blooms in the late summer: Summer --> Panicled and Summer --> Not Bigleaf
E) Of the hydrangeas used by florists, none blooms in the late summer: Bigleaf (used by florists) --> Not Summer
B is the only option that defines the link between the Bigleaf & Panicled hydrangea
